The Civil War News & Views Open Discussion Forum

She did make a specfic point about lee. And there was the pointmade about the former shipmates of found floating in the water wearing blue. I think her points were addressed in a reasonable manner.

Those men who went home for whatever reason and then came back is a whole different situation. I have even read records of men being in the hospital and being listed as a deserter. On the Mississippi board we have been discussing one man who lost an arm, was captured yet was listed as a deserter. Entirely a different ball game there.